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Hiring increased for the tenth consecutive year in 2019
March 23, 2020
There were 69.9 million nonfarm hires in 2019, an increase of 1.3 million from 2018 and the tenth consecutive annual increase. Quits also rose for the tenth year in a row, reaching 42.1 million in 2019, up by 1.8 million. Layoffs and discharges edged down by 64,000 in 2019 to 21.7 million.
Annual nonfarm hires, quits, and layoffs and discharges, 2009–19
Year
Hires
Layoffs and discharges
Quits
2009
46,750,000
27,434,000
20,901,000
2010
49,655,000
22,562,000
22,261,000
2011
51,655,000
22,134,000
23,667,000
2012
53,343,000
22,023,000
25,007,000
2013
54,947,000
20,959,000
27,451,000
2014
58,950,000
21,139,000
30,420,000
2015
62,589,000
21,779,000
33,659,000
2016
63,731,000
21,239,000
35,882,000
2017
65,638,000
21,608,000
37,708,000
2018
68,594,000
21,803,000
40,331,000
2019
69,943,000
21,739,000
42,113,000
From 2009 to 2019, hiring levels have increased steadily, from 46.8 million in 2009 to 69.9 million in 2019. Quit levels showed the same pattern, increasing from a low of 20.9 million in 2009 to 42.1 million in 2019. Layoffs and discharges were at their highest level (27.4 million) in 2009 and were lowest in 2013 at 21.0 million.
United States Department of Labor
